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<blockquote data-quote="Pieter Steph du Teague" data-source="post: 1132088" data-attributes="member: 72520"><p>Notable omissions:</p><p>- McGuigan</p><p>- Launchbury</p><p>- Rogerson</p><p>- Simmonds</p><p></p><p>Pleasantly surprised to see Marler and Rapava-Ruskin in there. As much as I don't love some of his exploits Marler is probably our best loosehead when he actually makes himself available. Good to see that the rumoured beef between Borthwick and VRR was likely false.</p><p></p><p>McGuigan not being included is odd. Would take him above all 3 hookers selected.</p><p></p><p>No Launchbury is disappointing. Think he could have made a late push for the squad. I'm no fan of Ewels but ultimately with so many locks unavailable I guess it makes some sense to see where he's at post-injury. Would hope he doesn't go much further than this squad though.</p><p></p><p>No Simmonds makes sense really. Surprised that Rogerson hasn't been included for this squad after the media noise around him the last couple of weeks. Very happy to see that Underhill is available.</p><p></p><p>After that it's all more or less as expected really. Would have liked to see S. Atkinson ahead of W. Joseph as he offers 12 cover and IMO is just a better player, but I don't think either would be anywhere near the 33 so it's a bit irrelevant. </p><p></p><p>Overall I quite like it, but there are some things I'd change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pieter Steph du Teague, post: 1132088, member: 72520"] Notable omissions: - McGuigan - Launchbury - Rogerson - Simmonds Pleasantly surprised to see Marler and Rapava-Ruskin in there. As much as I don’t love some of his exploits Marler is probably our best loosehead when he actually makes himself available. Good to see that the rumoured beef between Borthwick and VRR was likely false. McGuigan not being included is odd. Would take him above all 3 hookers selected. No Launchbury is disappointing. Think he could have made a late push for the squad. I’m no fan of Ewels but ultimately with so many locks unavailable I guess it makes some sense to see where he’s at post-injury. Would hope he doesn’t go much further than this squad though. No Simmonds makes sense really. Surprised that Rogerson hasn’t been included for this squad after the media noise around him the last couple of weeks. Very happy to see that Underhill is available. After that it’s all more or less as expected really. Would have liked to see S. Atkinson ahead of W. Joseph as he offers 12 cover and IMO is just a better player, but I don’t think either would be anywhere near the 33 so it’s a bit irrelevant. Overall I quite like it, but there are some things I’d change. [/QUOTE]
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